The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun took home 48 awards Thursday at the North Carolina Press Association awards ceremony.

The awards were given at an event in Raleigh that honors the best work from newspapers and news outlets of all sizes from across the state.

The News & Observer won 34 awards from the NCPA, including eight first-place awards and second place for General Excellence among the largest newspapers in the state.

The Herald-Sun in Durham won 11 awards, including two first-place awards and third place General Excellence for its website.

Colin Campbell, editor of The Insider, won two first-place awards.

Many of the awards came from work done during Hurricane Florence in the fall, including online breaking news coverage and a now-iconic photo by Andrew Carter of a man with a wet, shivering kitten on his shoulder.

In addition to winning an NCPA award for the photo, Carter was recognized by the North Carolina Associated Press News Excellence Awards. The photo received the AP’s Photo of the Year.

Demonstrators and spectators gather around a toppled Confederate statue known as Silent Sam Monday, August 20, 2018 at UNC-Chapel Hill. Demonstrators surrounded and obscured the statue with large banners before toppling it.
Julia Wall
jwall@newsobserver.com

Horses grow impatient for breakfast at Spence’s Farm outside Chapel Hill shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, after snow blanketed Orange County. The horses actually get along well and did not hurt each other. Some 3 to 6 inches of snow is expected across the Piedmont with a winter storm warning in effect until 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Mark Schultz
mschultz@heraldsun.com

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